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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
5
Milwaukee arrives in New York riding a six game surge to hold first in the National League and chase the Giants in a four game set. Haney seeks rest, while OConnell and Rice pace the offense with six RBIs in two games and Mantilla may replace Logan.
Yesterday's major league action featured Jack Harshman of the White Sox tossing a one run, seven inning surprise in a 1-0 victory. He faced 32 batters, allowing a seventh inning double, as he outlasted Connie Johnson and George Zaverink of the Orks. Roy Campanella of the Dodgers hit two three-run homers in four trips, his second lifting a 9-8 win over the Cardinals with a four-run ninth inning.
Jack Harshman tossed a one hundred percent shutout up to the seventh inning and allowed only a seventh inning double by Gus Triandos as Chicago White Sox beat Baltimore 2-1. Nellie Fox doubled for the only Sox hit off Connie Johnson who left after eight. The win left Chicago five games behind the Yankees.
Marlene Bauer Hagge of Asheville North Carolina shot a record 69 on Thursday to grab a two stroke lead in the ladies PGA championships, as Detroit hosts the event.
Robert A. Gardner, 66, investment broker and twice United States amateur golf champion, died Thursday in Chicago. White rocks and Rhode Island reds are popular chicken breeds among North Carolina poultrymen.
The Wisconsin Conservation Department reports heavy rains affected fishing across the state with some northwest waters yielding excellent bass catches. Northern waters open bass season Saturday with a good outlook, lake trout prospects rise on Lake Superior, and early boats report catches over 15 pounds. In the northwest walleyes panfish and trout remain active, northeast streams run high with trout fishing fair, muskies in Oneida County show some action, and west central waters remain generally good for panfish and walleyes. The east central area has good pan fishing while southern lakes see bass trout and bluegills active and Madison Mendota cranking crappies and perch bites.
Three youth leagues played yesterday with one Atom League game washed out by rain. The Yankees routed the Phillies 21 1 in Midget Softball as Dick Coplien pitched a two hitter and homered. Indians beat Red Sox 6 2 in Bantam Baseball with Bob Bucholtz winning and Tom Lovelace collecting three hits for Boston. Indians edged Senators 7 4 in Pony League as Ron Tyler drove in the bases loaded hit. Tyler homered and Gene Vincent added two hits for the Indians.
New York dispatch notes Rory Calhoun, 21-0 with 11 KOs from White Plains, faces seasoned Willie Vaughn of Los Angeles at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun, who stopped Randy Sandy in May, is a strong favorite over Vaughn as NBC coverage begins at 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Fred Haney credited the Milwaukee Braves six game winning streak and a five day rise to first in the National League to luck and timely hitting. He noted the home stand that saw ten losses out of fifteen hurt the club but kept faith in four rival contenders Milwaukee Brooklyn Cincinnati and St Louis for the league title.
The scoreboard lists American League leaders with New York atop at 40 20 and Cleveland at 31 27, plus Baltimore Boston Kansas City and Washington. National League shows Milwaukee and Brooklyn leading with wins and losses, plus Thursday results including Brooklyn 9 St. Louis 8 and Milwaukee 7 Pittsburgh 2 with several rainouts and rescheduled games.
The Wisconsin Conservation Department released an upland game report with total state pheasants at 564 020 and deer killings. Dodge County tops at 54 261 birds, Green County shows 90 ruffed grouse and Green County had no deer season while Iowa County reported 86 deer killed in a special season last year.
A wildlife report notes 414 bears taken with Marinette County recording the largest harvest at 53.
The second girls softball action starts at 7:35 p.m. at the Recreation Park diamond with Gemplers and Helland-Hein squaring off in the nightcap at 9. Municipal league play resumes Monday night with a rain date moved for the Old Timers massed band concert. A sandlot game follows at 7:35 p.m. with Jefferson Center facing Sim mons in the nightcap. Arteries are the elastic tubes which carry the blood away from the heart to the tissues.
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